Intel Kaby Lake Core i5 7600K - Clear Linux Comparison Intel Core Kaby Lake Linux benchmarks. Tests for a future article.. Core i5 6600K: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (Skylake GT2) 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i5 7600K: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i5 7600K - Clear: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Clear Linux 12720, Kernel: 4.9.3-293.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 + Clang 3.9.1 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Xeon E5-2670 0: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 3.30GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock EP2C602, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSA2CW12, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-514.2.2.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 11.2.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 220.73 |============================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 201.91 |=========================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 226.35 |=============================== Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 243.42 |================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 484.60 |================================ Core i5 7600K ....................... 499.04 |================================= Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 470.69 |=============================== Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 164.14 |=========== Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 ................ 112.56 |======= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 34.64 |=============================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 37.87 |================================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 33.65 |============================== Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 19.13 |================= Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 ................ 5.68 |===== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 96.72 |============================ Core i5 7600K ....................... 113.43 |================================= Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 96.10 |============================ Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 78.44 |======================= Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 ................ 47.48 |============== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 2048 Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 17498.00 |============================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 15571.00 |========================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 17966.00 |============================== Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 18374.00 |=============================== Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 ................ 8898.92 |=============== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 191.53 |===================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 176.11 |=================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 195.48 |===================== Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 199.12 |====================== Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 ................ 300.28 |================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 2621.23 |=============================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 2471.76 |============================= Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 2702.01 |================================ Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 2733.62 |================================ Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 ................ 1403.94 |================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 145.20 |============================= Core i5 7600K ....................... 162.48 |================================= Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 142.81 |============================= Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 ................ 54.63 |=========== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 15.75 |================================ Core i5 7600K ....................... 16.74 |================================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 15.46 |=============================== Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 15.38 |=============================== Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 ................ 9.48 |=================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 4.86 |============= Core i5 7600K ....................... 5.05 |============== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 4.56 |============ Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 4.54 |============ Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 ................ 12.51 |================================== Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 71.63 |==================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 77.05 |====================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 68.78 |=================== Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 63.94 |================== Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 ................ 117.27 |================================= Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 126.61 |====================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 129.85 |======================= Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 116.99 |==================== Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 112.39 |==================== Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 ................ 189.59 |================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 665.00 |============= Core i5 7600K ....................... 634.87 |============ Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 687.63 |============= Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 719.27 |============== Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 ................ 1667.73 |================================ Darktable 2.0.5 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 50.99 |=============================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 56.80 |================================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 49.79 |============================== Darktable 2.0.5 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 0.70 |=============================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 0.78 |=================================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 0.69 |=============================== Darktable 2.0.5 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 0.68 |================================ Core i5 7600K ....................... 0.75 |=================================== Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 0.67 |=============================== Blender 2.78a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ....................... 801.93 |============================== Core i5 7600K ....................... 889.23 |================================= Core i5 7600K - CPUFreq Performance . 775.98 |============================= Core i5 7600K - Clear ............... 769.82 |============================= Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 ................ 789.69 |============================= Darktable 2.2.1 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 7600K - Clear . 18.33 |================================================ Darktable 2.2.1 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 7600K - Clear . 11.39 |================================================ Darktable 2.2.1 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 7600K - Clear . 8.40 |=================================================